#11 Environmental Credentials for Building Technology Platforms
There is a growing need for environmental credentials to support B2B and B2C communication in the building industry. Solutions based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology are the most comprehensive, covering all the stages of the building’s lifecycle – from extraction of raw materials to their end-of-life stages.
Despite the potential efficiencies of loosely-coupled supply chains, distributed decision making, and increased levels of digitalisation, there are no readily available methods to systematically assess the environmental impacts of building technology platforms.
This project is developing an ISO-compliant LCA framework to quantify and communicate these impacts using the uTecture and Airbuildr platforms as cases.
Researchers on the project include: Dr Victor Bunster, Dr Duncan Maxwell, Santiago Muñoz-Vela,
Fernando Pavez, Yussra Rashed, Seongwon Seo & Edan Weis.
Lead researcher
Digitalisation
Sustainable Materials & Products
Theme coordinator
Dr Philip Christopher
Projects
#108 Project Circle Design Phase 1
#58 The Retrofit Housing Atlas
#70 Building Circularity 4.0: First Steps to Adoption
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
#104 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 2 Numerical and experimental investigation
Life Cycle Assessment
Theme coordinator
Dr Victor Bunster
Projects
#65 European Research Tour 2023: Berlin – Copenhagen – Malmö
#50 Development of Artificial Neural Network and Automated Life Cycle Assessments for Cloud Based Residential Energy Estimations
Light House Project #6: Malvern East Apartment Development
#59 Innovative Steel–Timber–Concrete Composite StrongFloor
#28 Componentised Internal Wall Systems for Multi-residential Applications
Energy
Theme coordinator
Dr Victor Bunster
Projects
#108 Project Circle Design Phase 1
#58 The Retrofit Housing Atlas
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
#105 Blockchain-powered peer-to-peer energy trading: Advancing sustainability and affordability in smart residential communities
#50 Development of Artificial Neural Network and Automated Life Cycle Assessments for Cloud Based Residential Energy Estimations